[plug] ssh & X window

[James Bromberger]

On Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 11:02:24PM +0800, Tim Bowden wrote:
> Simple question- If I want to log into another host on the lan using ssh
> & then run an X window program and have it display on my workstation
> what configuration files do I need to set up?


You don't need config files, generally. Look at the -X option. 
You may need to play with $DISPLAY, but generally not. Check that its 
not disabled in the remote server's SSHD config file.


> Can anyone recomend any good texts on X protocols? From the little I
> have read it seems to a very capable system however the books I have
> seem to be more concerned with setting up window managers rather than
> exploring the network capabilities of the system.

www.xfree.org
Various RFCs
www.linuxdoc.org

Hope that helps.

  James

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